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I listen to the far left which informs the far right. Somewhere in the middle is where we end up.

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Ryan Tedder
Age: 45
Born: 1979
Born: June 26
Composer
Guitarist
Musician
Pianist
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Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Songwriter
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Ryan B. Tedder
Ryan Benjamin Tedder
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I'm in an odd position because I write across so many genres for so many people and they all influence me, and if I'm going to write as honest an album as possible, it's going to be layered.
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I find the songs that have the most human components in production are the ones that will stand the test of time.
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The only thing contrived is the production - you can over-produce to the point you kill a good idea, you can under-produce so that the song's amazing but you'll have folks at a radio station saying they won't play it, so there's this balance, and it has to be true.
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Nobody works harder than Lady Gaga. Nobody. She is unbelievable. I don't know how she sleeps, or when or if.
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I live in Los Angeles, which is the second most polluted city in the world, and I wake up in the morning to dirt all over my window.
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Writing songs is about trying to connect with people on a deeper spiritual level - but I'm not a fan of contemporary Christian music.
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The Beatles are the most credible band in the history of music.
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I'm a huge Lady GaGa fan - she makes the world a more incredible place.
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Melody is the single most important thing to any song, period. I don't care what anybody says, it trumps everything. Not because that's my opinion but because I think it's actually indisputable fact. The human brain retains melody easier than it retains words. It's that simple.
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I knew I could make money from songwriting, so how much and when was not really the question.
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If you're talking to an architect, he can look at a blank piece of paper, and once the initial design is there, the formula kicks in. Each room should have something unique and different about it - much the same way that in a song, every eight bars or so, a new piece of information should be introduced.
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When I moved to L.A., I was penniless, absolutely beyond broke and in debt up to my eyeballs.
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I have to shut down from other artists, because otherwise I end up giving them my stories.
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I can go write an absolutely saccharine pop record with a really catchy lyric for another artist that could become a hit without meaning anything to me, but that's more the science laboratory, that's the other thing.
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I'm a sucker for pop melodies, things you can't get out of your head.
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As for me, the only stuff I've ever had success with is when I'm trying to be completely original and not thinking about mirroring what else is out there.
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I grew up listening to English music.
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I wish people would spend their money on hybrid cars.
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I think often times if a guitar riff is centered around the chorus or if it follows the chorus, then it often times turns into the actual hook.
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I'm not interested in corporate magic or fame.
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